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In the interview, marking the inaugural episode of NBC News’ Sunday
Night with Megyn Kelly, Putin faced a barrage of questions covering every
aspect of the various senseless allegations that Democrats and the so-called
mainstream media have made.

He dismissed any notion that he had a
close relationship with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, and
mocked the idea that Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, had nefarious dealings
through the Russian ambassador:

Putin: For me, this is just amazing.
You created a sensation out of nothing. And out of this sensation, you turned
it into a weapon of war against the current president. Well, this is, you know,
you’re just, you people are so creative over there. Good job. Your lives must
be boring.

Later, the mockery became more intense:

Kelly: There have been questions in
America about Donald Trump’s finances. He hasn’t released his tax returns.
There have been questions about this secret Russian dossier, which he says is
fake, but which purports to have blackmail information in it generated by the
Russians. There have been questions about the communications between the
Kremlin and the Trump campaign. All of which has Americans asking, “Do you have
something damaging on our president?”

Putin: Well, this is just another load
of nonsense. Where would we get this information from? Why, did we have some
special relationship with him? We didn’t have any relationship at all. There
was a time when he used to come to Moscow. But you know, I never met with him.
We have a lot of Americans who visit us. Right now, I think we have
representatives from a hundred American companies that have come to Russia. Do
you think we’re gathering compromising information on all of them right now or
something? Are you all, have you all lost your senses over there?

Former Fox New prime-time host Megyn
Kelly made her debut Sunday night on NBC with a program of the same name. Yes,
Ms. Kelly’s new show is titled “Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly,” and her first
efforts are robust. She offered an exclusive, one-on-one interview with Russian
President Vladimir Putin.

A featured question involved President
Trump in the session, which was taped in St. Petersburg. “Do you have something
damaging on our president?” Ms. Kelly asked the Russian leader, who listened to
a translator through an earpiece.

“This is just another load of nonsense. Where would we get this
information from? Why, did we have some special relationship with him? We
didn’t have any relationship at all. There was a time when he used to come to
Moscow. But you know, I never met with him,” Mr. Putin replied.

“We have a lot of Americans who visit us. Right now, I think we have
representatives from a hundred American companies that have come to Russia. Do
you think we’re gathering compromising information on all of them right now or
something? Have you all lost your senses over there?” Mr. Putin asked.

As the interview progressed, Mr. Putin
also said he had limited personal interaction with former U.S. National Security
Adviser Michael Flynn.

“You and I personally, have a much
closer relationship than I had with Mr. Flynn,” the Russian president told Ms.
Kelly. “You and I met yesterday evening. You and I have been working together
all day today. And now we’re meeting again.”

Mr. Putin said of Mr. Flynn: “I didn’t ever really talk to him.” The
leader also mentioned that “a child” could have hacked the U.S. election, and
suggested that outside forces were trying to shift the blame onto Russia
itself, in the “midst of a political battle.”